The Lostfinders Guide to Mire End

The first print supplement for the a|state RPG, 'The Lostfinders Guide to Mire End' is now available in PDF format. The Lostfinders Guide To Mire End delves into the sodden, degraded burgh of Mire End and comes up with choice nuggets of information about this most despised of places. New locations, NPCs, organisations and adventure possibilities unfold in this detailed guide. Trawl through the pawnshop of Emmanuel Detseted, recoil from the barrios of Redberry Park or wonder at the child-like violence of Wastrels Lot.

'The Lostfinders Guide to Mire End' has been reviewed as:

"A good and worthwhile purchase with a good price for an a|state fan and something I think with little tweaking could be useful for any dark future game. (Or for that matter dark fantasy with a little more tweaking.) I heartily recommend it. If the chaps at Contested Ground Studios keep up this level of good work the future of a|state unlike the setting is bright indeed." (Dan Jericho, Flamesrising.com)

And Gamingreport.com commented that it:

"...does a superb job of expanding a sector noted in the core rulebook although it is a limited, concise expansion. As such, it leaves readers begging for more." (Wayne Tonjes, Gamingreport.com)

'The Lostfinders Guide to Mire End' is not only useful for GMs and players of the a|state RPG, but with little effort also makes a great, fully detailed location for other dark, gritty, urban RPGs,

'The Lostfinders Guide to Mire End' contains:

*The history and background to this sodden, dank slum.

*A full map of the burgh.

*12 highlighted locations within Mire End.

*14 highlighted NPCs, each with their own portrait to give you a real idea of what they're like.

*5 highlighted organisations, all with their own methods and agendas.

*7 varied adventure nuggets.

*A page of stats for typical (and not so typical) Mire Enders.

The download contains both a full print version of the supplement (in the style familiar from the a|state main rulebook) and a text-only screen reading version.

Plus each download comes with a special bonus feature contained within an attached text file!

A solid product; Contested Grounds keeps up its outstanding quality control with this product. You get a print friendly (which is also easier to read on the screen), and the full-art version. As noted, the supp lays out Mire's End, and makes it [...]

The Lostfinders Guide to Mire End is a short supplement for A/State that expands on the information given about Mire End in the main rulebook. The writing is up to the usual high standard of Contested Ground Studios. The text opens with ten one- [...]

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